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Home/Bills/S 461New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 461: Prohibits the use in an industrial plant of any product or substance that contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including vats, conveyor belts, molds, ovens, pans, pots, chemicals used as mold releasers, lubricants, seals and coatings.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified May 16, 2025

What S 461 does, verified May 16, 2025

The bill aims to prohibit the use of products or substances containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in industrial settings. These substances can be found in various products, including vats, conveyor belts, molds, and chemicals, and are used as mold releasers, lubricants, seals, and coatings. The law would define an "industrial plant" as any facility governed by the Public Authorities Law. The ban would take effect three years after the law becomes effective, allowing time for industries to adapt and find alternative products.

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Last action: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (2025-01-08)Alert me
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Peter HarckhamRobert JacksonCordell ClearePatricia FahyMichelle HincheyLiz KruegerJosé SerranoLeroy Comrie
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Jan. 08, 2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 226 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 461 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser- vation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting industrial uses of products or substances containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 37-0122 to read as follows: 3 § 37-0122. Prohibition against industrial uses of perfluoroalkyl and 4 polyfluoroalkyl substances. 5 1. No person shall use in an industrial plant any product or substance 6 that contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl, including but not 7 limited to vats, conveyor belts, molds, ovens, pans, pots, chemicals 8 used as mold releasers, lubricants, seals, and coatings. 9 2. For purposes of this section, "industrial plant" shall have the 10 same meaning set forth in section eighteen hundred one of the public 11 authorities law. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect three years after it shall have become 13 a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01903-01-5 
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